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Looking for Love: Top HIV Dating Sites

It’s Time to Date Again

It’s Time to Date Again

Finding the right footing in the dating scene can be
difficult for anyone. However, a positive HIV diagnosis can complicate things
further. Dating with HIV requires complete honesty about an issue that can be
hard to talk about. It also requires a certain level of disclosure before any
sexual act.

Several online organizations are dedicated to helping HIV
positive individuals get a good start. Click through the slideshows for a
rundown on some of the top HIV dating sites.

Poz Personals

Poz Personals

Poz.com is dedicated
to helping HIV-positive individuals. In addition to areas for making
connections and dating, Poz.com offers community forums, mentoring, and medical
information.

A basic membership is free and allows you to see other
members’ profiles, share up to five photos, and track who’s looked at your
profile. Premium memberships begin at $9.99 per month and allow you greater
control.

Poz Personals frequently
features advice from members going through various stages of dating.

Afropoz

Afropoz

Afropoz isn’t exclusively for people with an HIV diagnosis. Afropoz encourages Africans and African
Americans with other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sign up for their
matchmaking services and join the community.

A basic membership is free, but the site will contain ads
and links. You can upgrade to an ad-free account for a fee.Non-members can search photos of users, but you must create an
account before you can contact a member.

Living Positive

Living Positive

Founded in 1988, PozMatch is owned and run by
HIV-positive individuals, and is open to all those living with HIV.

Basic membership is free and includes a profile, five
photos, browsing, searching, and instant messaging, among other things. A premium
membership includes all the features of a basic membership plus email, webcam
and video, and support services.

PozMatch isn’t
just for romantic relationships. It also helps connect those looking for
friendships.

HIV and Single

HIV and Single

HIV and Single provides forums and resources for staying up-to-date
on the latest in HIV research and treatment. It’s designed for HIV-positive
individuals and allows members to identify as transgender.

You can create a profile, add photos, and search for and
flirt with members for free. One month of the premium membership costs $9.99.
It includes instant messaging, email capabilities, cell phone messaging options,
and access to community forums.

The site also offers dating safety tips for those who are
new to or apprehensive about online dating.

Volttage Dating and Social Network

Volttage Dating and Social Network

Volttage.com is the first website created exclusively for HIV-positive gay men.
Model, Project Runway contestant, and
AIDS activist Jack Mackenroth masterminded the site. It launched in 2012.

Profiles
on Volttage are free. According to Mackenroth, who is HIV positive himself, the
site doesn’t ask members to declare an HIV status. Volttage believes everyone
should always assume that their partner is positive and proceed accordingly.

More than just a dating site, Volttage
is a full social network with HIV-related news, health information from a staff
physician, and a blog called "Volttage Buzz."

Dating with HIV

Dating with HIV

There are two important things to
keep in mind when you begin dating:

1. Disclose your status. If your partner doesn’t know, you may wish to
disclose this information on your first date. Or, you may prefer to wait until
you know the relationship has potential. Either way, do so responsibly: before
first sexual contact.

2. Practice safe sex. Even if you and your partner are both HIV
positive, you don’t necessarily share other STIs. Use protection during all
sexual contact until both of you test negative for STIs and agree to be
monogamous.

Safety Tips

Safety Tips

HIV isn’t the death sentence it was 10 years ago. Thanks to
rapid improvements in treating the virus, many people with the disease can live
normal, healthy lives with intimate relationships for many years after
diagnosis.

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